stravaig

English

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /stɹəˈveɪɡ/, /stɹəˈvæɡ/
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  • Rhymes: -eɪɡ, -æɡ

Verb

stravaig (third-person singular simple present stravaigs, present participle stravaiging, simple past and past participle stravaiged)

  1. (Scotland) to stroll, meander
    • 1946, Rebecca West, “Greenhouse with Cyclamens”, in A Train of Powder, page 22:
      It is tedious work, training clematis over low posts, so that its beauty does not stravaig up the walls but lies open under the eye; but on the edge of the town many gardeners grew it thus.
    • 1964, Bill Walsh, Don DaGradi, Mary Poppins, spoken by Mary Poppins:
      Michael, stop stravaiging along behind.

Anagrams

Scots

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /strɑˈveɡ/

Verb

stravaig (third-person singular simple present stravaigs, present participle stravaigin, simple past stravaigt, past participle stravaigt)

  1. to stroll, to roam carelessly

Noun

stravaig (plural stravaigs)

  1. a stroll, an aimless meandering

References

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